Dear Editor,

To say that the vast majority of Jamaicans experienced being ‘star struck’ by Barack Obama as he visited our shores recently would be to state the obvious. What is not so obvious to many is the subtle connection between his visit and the administering of a certain ‘booster shot in the arm’ of the gay rights movement in Jamaica. Certainly seeds were planted in favour of the gay rights agenda, which only time will show them growing and blooming to full strength.

Angeline Jackson, the lesbian youth leader given honorary mention by Obama at the much-hailed “town hall meeting” can testify without a doubt — and her Facebook page is awash with those sentiments ever since.

Few probably saw the connection between Obama’s visit and the coincidental appearance of a rainbow upon his departure, but might I share my gut feeling? What are the odds? The rainbow is the chosen symbol of the gay movement. Is it coincidental that the cameras captured a telling picture of a rainbow? My gut feeling tells me that God may just be the one opening our eyes to the real spirit which attends Obama’s presidency by allowing a rainbow to show up just as he happens to be departing Jamaica. What real or lasting influence has Obama’s visit had on the gay rights agenda and movement in Jamaica? Only time will tell. The connection between the homosexual “abominations” (according to the Bible) and Obama’s influence on the gay movement globally (which I call “Obamination”) is not hard to see.

Derrick Gillespie

Defender of Traditional Family values

ddgillespie@live.com